WORSHIP IS: Humbling
Isaiah 6:1-7
“The heaviest obligation lying upon the Christian church today is to purify and elevate her concept of God until it is once more worthy of Him and of her. In all her prayers and labor this should have first place. We do the greatest service to the next generation of Christians by passing on to them undimmed and undiminished that noble concept of God which we received from our Hebrew and Christian fathers of generations past. This will prove of greater value to them than anything that art or science can devise.” —A.W. Tozer, Knowledge of the Holy
IN WORSHIP WE ENCOUNTER THE HOLINESS OF GOD
“God is the absolute quintessence of moral excellence, infinitely perfect in righteousness, purity, rectitude… We cannot grasp the true meaning of the divine holiness by thinking of someone or something very pure and then raising the concept to the highest degree we are capable of. God’s holiness is not simply the best we know infinitely bettered. We know nothing like the divine holiness. It stands apart,
, unapproachable, incomprehensible, and unattainable. The natural man is blind to it. He may fear God’s power and admire his wisdom, but his holiness he cannot even imagine. Only the Spirit of the Holy One can impart to the human spirit the knowledge of the holy.” –A.W. Tozer, Knowledge of the Holy
IN WORSHIP WE RESPOND WITH HUMBLE REVERANCE
Conviction of Sin
“We are all
and impure with sin. When we display our righteous deeds, they are nothing but filthy rags.” —Isaiah 64:6a (NLT)
Confession of Sin
“That very power and goodness that generates all this life is also dangerous. If you get too close to the sun it will annihilate you. And in the same way, there’s this paradox at the heart of God’s own holiness. Because if you’re impure, his presence is dangerous to you. And not because it’s bad but because it’s so
.” —The Bible Project
IN WORSHIP WE EXPERIENCE GOD’S AMAZING GRACE
“For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the
for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.” —2 Corinthians 5:21